Murfreesboro City Schools Community Outreach Coordinator Candy Clifford has been awarded the Jennings and Rebecca Jones Outstanding Contributions to Literacy Award by Read To Succeed. Clifford, who is retiring from the city schools this May, accepted the award at the annual Read To Succeed Volunteer Luncheon on Thursday (4/21/16).

Read To Succeed was established in the summer of 2003. Paul Vaughan, Managing Director of the Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, met with professionals who were involved in literacy programs in Murfreesboro. He offered the Foundation's resources as support to a new community literacy initiative and this group of dedicated educators, social workers, agency directors, community helpers and volunteers became the Read To Succeed Council.

This community partnership was created to promote reading in Rutherford County, with emphasis on family literacy. Read to Succeed creates Reading in the Schools Day, Reading Rally, Read To Bee, Reader Training, Imagination Station, UNPLUG and Read!, One Book, Families That Read Succeed and a tutoring program for adults.

If you would like to learn more about Read To Succeed in Murfreesboro, visit: http://www.readtosucceed.org/